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> New York Times articles which tell us that it's not our fault, that it's genetics, leptin, metabolism, aging, etc. are exceedingly popular but for most of the
by smallnamespace 10y ago
> New York Times articles which tell us that it's not our fault, that it's genetics, leptin, metabolism, aging, etc. are exceedingly popular but for most of the population these are just excuses.
The science explains why some people have to work so hard to be thin, while others like myself can eat whatever I want whenever I want and still remain rail-thin.
If I can eat 3k calories a day and be skinny, while someone else needs to drop to 1500 calories to not be fat, it seems the height of unfairness to blame that person for being in that situation.
- jcoffland 10y agoIf the science explained anything sufficiently we'd have drugs that treat obesity. Excess is enough to explain the problem.
- smallnamespace 10y agoScience has yet to cure cancer--would argue that all cancer is caused by excess?